National Register of Historic Places

Barker, Stephen, House

Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts
Listed
January 20, 1984
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
84002307

About this property

Stephen Barker House is a historic house at 165 Haverhill Street in Methuen, Massachusetts. Built in 1839, it is one of several handsome houses built at the periphery of the Methuen settlement in the mid-19th Century, and remains a well conserved "country Residence". Reportedly, surveyor Stephen Barker built "Woodland Cottage" in imitation of antebellum mansions he had seen in the South. Barker, from one of Methuen's original families, had gone to seek his fortune in Tennessee and sent home enough money to build a house. The old farm house was moved and on its site was built this imitation of a Southern mansion. The details of the house, such as the entrance, the Doric columns and frieze board above, classify it as Greek Revival. The builder freely adapted traditional elements: rows of dormers, triangular windows in the gable end, and railing above the porch mimicking gingerbread fretwork. It was added to the National Historic Register in 1984.

Location

165 Haverhill St.
Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts
42.70674, -71.19880

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When was Barker, Stephen, House listed on the National Register?

Barker, Stephen, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 20, 1984.

What type of historic resource is Barker, Stephen, House?

Barker, Stephen, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Barker, Stephen, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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